Safety Flash
Listing, flooding and grounding of vehicle carrier Hoegh Osaka
Listing, flooding and grounding of vehicle carrier Hoegh Osaka
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/16
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Loss of vessel stabilityVessel flooding and founderingVessel grounding
- Navigation
- Operating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises MAIB findings on Hoegh Osaka’s listing, flooding and grounding after departure from Southampton. Inadequate stability went unidentified before sailing; shifting cargo breached the hull. It emphasises accurate loading-computer inputs and sufficient time for pre-departure stability calculations. All crew were safely evacuated.
Classifications: Loss of vessel stability; capsize; vessel stability.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Vessel grounding.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Inadequate stability caused a vehicle carrier to list, flood and ground, although all crew were evacuated safely.
IMCA SF 07/16. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations, vessel and mooring.